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5 Business Development New Year's Resolutions
As 2023 wraps up, many lawyers are turning their attention to the New Year and the potential it holds for finding new clients and generating business. Here, five successful lawyers offer up their favorite business development New Year’s resolutions.
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Robinson & Cole Promotes 7 To Partner, Counsel
Robinson & Cole LLP, which has more than 250 lawyers in 11 offices, has elected three of its attorneys to partner and promoted four to counsel, effective Jan. 1.
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Meet The Attys In Hostile Workplace Suit Against Amazon
A group of five workers filed suit in Connecticut federal court against online retail giant Amazon and two of its construction contractors after nooses were found at a work site, alleging a racially hostile work environment and retaliation. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a look at the attorneys involved in the case.
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New Charge For Man Accused Of Cyberstalking Conn. Judges
A Virginia man accused of cyberstalking three sitting Connecticut Superior Court judges must answer a newly revamped accusation that he threatened his own attorney in a Connecticut state courthouse conference room back in 2013, court papers obtained by Law360 indicate.
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Boutique Bests BigLaw Bonuses, Raises 6 Months After Debut
Perry Law, a litigation boutique that opened its doors just six months ago, is already competing in the big leagues when it comes to salary increases and year-end bonuses.
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What Drove BigLaw To Flock To These 3 Regions In 2023
Large U.S. law firms took particular interest in two domestic and one international region in 2023, opening up offices for the first time in Florida, California and Saudi Arabia.
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Conn. Federal Judge Retires After 16 Years On The Bench
Senior U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of the District of Connecticut will be taking on inactive senior status at the end of the year, retiring from her judicial work more than 16 years after she was first appointed to the bench by former President George W. Bush.
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Conn. Ethics Chief Wants Convicted Atty Suspended Until '26
A suspended Connecticut attorney who was jailed for tax fraud would be banned from practicing law until September 2026 if a judge adopts a recommendation that the state's chief disciplinary counsel proposed in court Tuesday.
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McKool Smith, Other Firms Set 2024 Associate Salary Info
McKool Smith is the latest among several firms that have opted to match or exceed the 2024 salary scale for associates set last month by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, with the firm eclipsing the scale by $5,000 for its more recent associates, the firm told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.
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These Were The Biggest Issues For GCs In 2023
Backlash to institutional efforts around ESG. Unforeseen risks of AI. Explosive union campaigns. These were some of the main concerns for general counsel across sectors over the last 12 months.
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The Trends That Shaped The Legal Industry In 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, the legal industry has the opportunity to look back on a year with some exceptional highs and lows, including multiple law firm dissolutions, a number of lawyer layoffs and, more recently, the wide adoption of associate compensation increases. Here, Law360 takes a look at the year’s most consequential news events and what they mean for the industry.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Sutton On State Constitutions
State constitutions are often overlooked by lawyers, law schools and judges, according to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton, but their importance was brought to the fore when the U.S. Supreme Court recently ended the federal right to abortion.
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How Firms Can Buttress Mental Health During The Holidays
The holiday season is stressful and overwhelming for many people, and with particular vulnerabilities in the legal industry around mental health, it's a time of year when law firms should take additional steps to ensure their people are healthy and happy, experts say.
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Atty Insider Trading Cases Highlight Ongoing Ethics Woes
Insider trading is nothing new, but 2023 was a banner year for prosecutions involving attorneys, with cases that highlight what ethics experts say is an ongoing problem in the legal industry: lawyers flouting the law and best practices through neglect or hubris.
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5 Issues That Shaped Legal Tech In 2023 Besides AI
While generative text tools dominated the headlines in 2023, the legal tech industry faced several other big issues this year, including cybersecurity, consolidation and talent demand.
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Williams & Connolly Tops Cravath's 2024 Pay For Associates
Williams & Connolly LLP has eclipsed the prevailing 2024 associate wage scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, pledging to pay its attorneys an annual base salary of up to $65,000 more than its counterpart, according to published reports.
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Doc Asks 2nd Circ. To Review Jackson Lewis Defamation Win
A Connecticut doctor has asked the Second Circuit to rehear a three-judge panel's decision to pull the plug on his lawsuit that accused Jackson Lewis PC of defamation after the firm forwarded a report to hospital employees who sought the firm's assistance with an internal sexual assault and harassment probe.
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Why Salary Wars Could Heighten Associate Pressures
While bonuses were highly anticipated at the year's end, the recent salary increases that started with Milbank LLP and were later raised by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP have caught many in the legal industry by surprise, particularly given the overall slowdown in lateral hiring this year and broader layoffs.
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Alex Jones Contempt Ruling Upheld Over Skipped Conn. Depo
As other unresolved issues loom in the background, the Connecticut Appellate Court on Friday upheld a contempt ruling against far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who used doctors' notes to skip Sandy Hook depositions while appearing on his Infowars media network right before he was scheduled to answer questions under oath.
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New Eckert Seamans Pro Bono Chair Looks To Build Bridges
As he takes over as the new chair of the firm's pro bono committee, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC attorney Joshua Hill says he is looking to adopt a more holistic, firmwide approach to identifying and assigning pro bono projects.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, Hueston Hennigan LLP and Wiggin and Dana LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a California federal jury ruled that Google illegally restrained trade in the market for Android app distribution and billing services.
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Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Burr & Forman's efforts as part of establishing a new rare-earth magnet manufacturing plant and Richards Layton's handling of a Chapter 11 filing for Nogin Inc. lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Dec. 1 to 15.
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Kramer Levin, Katten Join Pay Hike And Bonus Bandwagon
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP are the latest law firms announcing year-end bonuses for associates and 2024 raises that are in line with the prevailing scales set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded their practices, promoted attorneys and showered associates with bonuses. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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AI Rapid Response Team Will Help State Courts Adapt
State judiciary leaders have established a new team to examine how artificial intelligence may affect the courts and suggest best practices for dealing with those effects, according to an announcement this week.